Digital Stories...here we go!

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Before you leave tonight in the discussion tab ABOVE, reflect on the following things. Copy and paste these into your post.

1. What surprised you about learning how to make a digital story?
2. What frustrated you about learning how to make a digital story?
3. Can you see yourself making a digital story for an educational purpose? Why/Why not? (Maybe for personal use?)
4. Describe a way you could encourage your students to make digital stories as a part of a class you currently teach. Be specific giving a unit/lesson idea.

Download Photostory 3 for FREE

• http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/PhotoStory/default.mspx

Tutorial:

• http://millie.furman.edu/mll/tutorials/photostory3/index.htm

Examples

Center for Digital Stories: http://www.storycenter.org/stories/
Maricopa Community College: http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/learnshops/digital/examples.php
University of Houston: http://www.coe.uh.edu/digital-storytelling/examples.htm
Tech Head Stories - Many, many, many websites: http://tech-head.com/dstory.htm

Sample DS Assignment for C&I 401

Digital Story Elements

1. Script
2. Narration
   • Create this from your cited script
   • One or more of you can do the narration
3. Completed Digital Story
   • Choose pictures that represent the topic and subtopics
   • Do the narration
   • Choose the music
   • Complete the steps so that the DS is ready to view
   • Post to this wiki in your group area

Helpful Documents & Sites

7 Steps to Creating a Digital Story: http://www.digitales.us/resources/seven_steps.php

This is the BEST and easiest to use!** PhotoStory3 Tutorial (with screen shots) -

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RS Photo Story 3 Tutorial.doc

Here's a long version of a How-to, the Digital Story Cookbook -

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DSTCookbook.pdf
Storyboarding is very important to this process - here is a storyboard template:

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StoryboardTemplate.doc

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